https://aws.amazon.com/new.rssWhat's New from Amazon Web Servicesaws@amazon.comThu, 30 Jul 2015 23:04:16 +0000Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:04:16 +0000http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://a0.awsstatic.com/main/images/feed/AWSlogo_200x100.pnghttps://aws.amazon.com/new.rssWhat's New from Amazon Web Services144400https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-elasticache-now-support-redis-version-2-8-21-memcached-auto-discovery-client-for-php-5-6/83af33aa5e25d617d5a00c5cce4ef64a2f960854Amazon ElastiCache now support Redis version 2.8.21, Memcached Auto Discovery Client for PHP 5.6<p><b>Redis 2.8.21</b></p>
<p>We are pleased to announce that Amazon ElastiCache now supports Redis version 2.8.21. Customers can launch new clusters with Redis 2.8.21, as well as upgrade existing ones to the new engine version.</p>
<p>For the full list of improvements in Redis 2.8.21 click <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/2.8/00-RELEASENOTES" target="_blank">here</a>. You can easily launch an ElastiCache for Redis cluster with engine version 2.8.21 via a few clicks on the <a href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/" target="_blank">AWS Management Console</a>.<br /> </p>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 22:56:21 +0000general:products/amazon-elasticacheaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/aws-opsworks-supports-red-hat-enterprise-linux-rhel/dc584130563badd15cdcd9b7bfd59d261f89f33eAWS OpsWorks Supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)<p> You can now use AWS OpsWorks to configure and manage Amazon EC2 and on-premises instances running Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1. AWS OpsWorks is a service that helps you automate operational tasks like code deployment, software configurations, package installations, database setups, and server scaling using Chef.</p>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:28:50 +0000general:products/aws-opsworksaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/aws-opsworks-supports-managing-amazon-ecs-container-instances/643caf688a7db269959d5faecef82e3517adbeb9AWS OpsWorks Supports Managing Amazon ECS Container Instances<p> You can now use AWS OpsWorks to provision and manage <a href="/ecs/">Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS)</a> container instances running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS or Amazon Linux 2015.03. Previously, you had to manually perform routine tasks such as installing system and package updates or configuring EBS volumes. You can now use OpsWorks to streamline these tasks for you. Learn more about how to provision and manage container instances using AWS OpsWorks <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/workinglayers-ecscluster.html" target="_blank">here</a>. To learn more about how to run ECS tasks on container instances that have been provisioned by OpsWorks, read the <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/ECS_GetStarted.html" target="_blank">ECS Getting Started Guide</a>.</p>
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<p> Read our <a href="/opsworks/">Product Page</a> to learn more and our <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/opsworks/latest/userguide/welcome.html" target="_blank">Documentation</a> to get started with AWS OpsWorks. </p>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:29:36 +0000general:products/aws-opsworks,general:products/amazon-ecsaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-rds-introduces-a-license-included-offering-for-sql-server-enterprise-edition/0287bbcd7b2fa7976bd847bf37a34e78cbcd60eeAmazon RDS introduces a License Included offering for SQL Server Enterprise Edition<p>You can now run SQL Server Enterprise Edition as a License Included offering on Amazon RDS. The License Included offering for the Enterprise Edition is available on R3.2xlarge, R3.4xlarge, and R3.8xlarge instance types, in the US-East (Virginia), US-West (Oregon) and Europe (Ireland) regions.&nbsp;In the License Included service model, you do not need separately purchased Microsoft SQL Server licenses. License Included pricing is inclusive of software license, underlying hardware resources, and Amazon RDS management capabilities.&nbsp;This allows you to pay for the hours you use and change your instance type as needed to fit your workloads.<br /> </p>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 02:13:10 +0000general:products/amazon-rdsaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/version-3-of-the-aws-sdk-for-net-is-available-for-production-use-in-net-3-5-and-4-5/9f1022df89f0d2dfaf0707e2d81b8e80c902d6eeVersion 3 of the AWS SDK for .NET is available for production use in .NET 3.5 and 4.5<p>Originally launched with 10 services in 2009, the AWS SDK for .NET has been offered as a single package that includes support for all AWS services. Since that time, the number of supported AWS services has grown to 52, and the size of the SDK has become larger. We began to hear more customer requests for splitting the SDK into smaller per-service modules, and this was our primary motivation to start the Version 3 SDK, which has been in preview since April this year.<br /> </p>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:53:27 +0000resource:development-language/dotnet,marketing:marchitecture/application-servicesaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-redshift-now-supports-cross-regions-backups-for-kms-encrypted-clusters/c38659e99b75b82f78d154f17acc74f749c02229Amazon Redshift now supports cross-region backups for KMS-encrypted clusters<p>You can now configure Amazon Redshift to automatically copy snapshots of your KMS-encrypted clusters to another region of your choice. By storing a copy of your snapshots in a secondary region, you have the ability to restore your cluster from recent data if anything affects the primary region. For details on how to enable automatic cross-region backups for your KMS-encrypted clusters, refer to the <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/working-with-snapshots.html#cross-region-snapshot-copy" target="_blank">Snapshots</a> section of the Amazon Redshift management guide.</p>
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<p><a href="/redshift/">Amazon Redshift</a> makes it easy to launch a high-performance, petabyte-scale data warehouse for less than $1000/TB/year. Get started with a <a target="_blank" href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/redshift/home">free 2-month trial</a>.</p>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:26:21 +0000general:products/amazon-redshiftaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/announcing-aws-mobile-sdk-for-xamarin-connect-your-xamarin-built-apps-to-aws-services/314bd8ef40470c8a4fa8bf7bf3b456bedf063e8cAnnouncing AWS Mobile SDK for Xamarin: Connect your Xamarin-built apps to AWS Services<p> The AWS Mobile SDK for Xamarin is available in Developer Preview. Now you can easily deliver cross-platform iOS, Android, and Windows applications created with Xamarin that leverage AWS Services. With AWS Mobile SDK for Xamarin, you can simply connect your Xamarin-built apps to AWS for identity management through Amazon Cognito, cloud storage via Amazon S3, a fully-managed NoSQL database with Amazon DynamoDB, mobile push notifications with SNS, and app analytics through Amazon Mobile Analytics.</p>
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<p> The AWS Mobile SDK for Xamarin is included in the AWS SDK for .Net. To learn how to start using the SDK, please read our <a href="http://docs-aws.amazon.com/mobile/sdkforxamarin/developerguide/getting-started.html" target="_blank">getting started guide</a>.<br /> </p>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:12:51 +0000marketing:marchitecture/application-services,resource:development-language/mobile,marketing:marchitecture/mobile-servicesaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-s3-now-supports-enhanced-visibility-and-management-for-your-data/e9e873f4c3c57d5a32f88f65eecb5acf59f0a915Amazon S3 Now Supports Enhanced Visibility and Management for Your Data<p> Amazon S3 now includes several new enhancements that provide you improved insight, flexibility, and control of your data: </p>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:11:08 +0000general:products/amazon-s3aws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-dynamodb-amazon-rds-oracle-mysql-engines-amazon-emr-covered-under-aws-business-associate-agreement/fc154156d37a3fef29d7c9e370134f2bc0172b90Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon RDS (Oracle and MySQL engines only), and Amazon EMR now covered under the AWS Business Associate Agreement<p>You can use AWS to build applications that are compliant with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), using services that are covered under the AWS Business Associate Agreement (BAA). The AWS BAA now covers three new services: <a href="/rds/">Amazon RDS</a> (relational databases; MySQL and Oracle engines only), <a href="/dynamodb/">Amazon DynamoDB</a> (NoSQL database), and <a href="/elasticmapreduce/">Amazon EMR</a> (big data processing).</p>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:43:02 +0000marketing:marchitecture/management-and-administrationaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-aurora-mysql-compatible-database-now-generally-available/f6977579058afe55701d898f9881f0814e7441ebAmazon Aurora MySQL-compatible Database Now Generally Available<p><a href="/rds/aurora/">Amazon Aurora</a> is now available to all customers. Amazon Aurora is a MySQL-compatible relational database management system (RDBMS) that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Amazon Aurora provides up to five times better performance than MySQL at a price point one tenth that of a commercial RDBMS while delivering similar performance and availability.<br /> </p>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 04:58:29 +0000general:products/amazon-auroraaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/spot-fleet-launches-spot-instances-in-the-lowest-priced-availability-zone/35f258b7cd5fa9e4b884f91c4238e4ee29d3be7aSpot fleet launches Spot instances in the lowest priced Availability Zone<p>Starting today, Spot fleet automatically launches new Spot instances into the lowest priced Availability Zone (AZ) when you specify multiple VPC subnets or AZs in the Spot fleet launch specifications. Previously, when you required Spot fleets in the cheapest among a specific set of subnets, you had to determine the AZ with the lowest Spot price and request your Spot fleet in the corresponding subnet.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></p>Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:56:24 +0000general:products/amazon-ec2aws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-emr-release-4-0-0-with-new-versions-of-apache-hadoop-hive-and-spark-now-available/ee9e324514669b173688366f37bf27624266d545Amazon EMR Release 4.0.0 With New Versions of Apache Hadoop, Hive, and Spark Now Available<p>You can now deploy Amazon EMR release 4.0.0 on your Amazon EMR cluster. Amazon EMR 4.0.0 includes Apache Hadoop 2.6.0, Apache Hive 1.0, Apache Pig 0.14, and Apache Spark 1.4.1. These applications can also leverage core Amazon EMR features such as the <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticMapReduce/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-fs.html">EMR File System (EMRFS)</a> with support for Amazon S3 server-side and client-side encryption and consistent view, <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticMapReduce/latest/ReleaseGuide/EMRforDynamoDB.html">the DynamoDB Storage Handler for Hive</a>, and <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/ElasticMapReduce/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-kinesis.html">the Amazon EMR connector for Amazon Kinesis</a>.</p>Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:03:59 +0000general:products/amazon-emraws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/aws-directory-service-adds-support-to-domain-join-linux-instances-to-simple-ad/91248ab91f1406f29da313328087597b7f665c18AWS Directory Service Adds Support to Domain Join Linux Instances to Simple AD<p>You can now join Linux instances running on Amazon EC2 to Simple AD directories from AWS Directory Service. This enables you to log in to all of your EC2 instances with a single set of domain credentials (no key pair needed) and set access controls, allowing you to control which users can access particular instances.<br /> </p>
<p></p>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:45:59 +0000general:products/aws-directory-serviceaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/new-cloudwatch-action-helps-you-automate-system-health-recovery-for-ec2/a577b9c9cf2c3da46b783419d92d6158149bbc9fNew CloudWatch Action Helps You Automate System Health Recovery for EC2<p><a href="/cloudwatch/">Amazon CloudWatch</a> collects monitoring data for your AWS resources and applications and generates alarms based on configured thresholds. <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/DeveloperGuide/UsingAlarmActions.html">CloudWatch actions</a> enable you to automate tasks that respond to CloudWatch alarms, helping you trigger corrective operations faster and use engineering resources more efficiently.<br /> </p>Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:00:19 +0000general:products/amazon-cloudwatchaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/dynamodb-update-scan-operation-supports-consistent-reads/320a6e34f34449b89402805874f7504f9c912ecbDynamoDB Update: Scan Operation Supports Consistent Reads<p>You can now make consistent reads using the Scan operation. This means that the Scan operation can include changes from all writes that are acknowledged before the Scan operation is started. Scanning a table with consistent reads makes it easy to include the latest updates on items when backing up or replicating your DynamoDB table. To make consistent reads using the Scan operation, set the ConsistentRead parameter in the Scan API call to true. Please read our <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/APIReference/API_Scan.html">documentation</a> to learn additional details.</p>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:20:54 +0000general:products/amazon-dynamodbaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/aws-solutions-training-for-partners-foundations/ea5e507e7adbd24db79cf312ac3822b3f6a863ffAWS Solutions Training for Partners: Foundations<p>We have released <a href="/partners/training/">AWS Solutions Training for Partners</a>, a free one-day training designed to teach partners techniques and best practices for AWS solutions that solve for customer challenges. This first topic in this series is called “Foundations”, and it focuses on how AWS services address customer business priorities around costs, agility, security, compliance, innovation, growth and rapid global scale. We also cover Big Data and AWS, as well as discuss general pricing examples and TCO analysis. This in-person training compliments and extends concepts from <i>AWS Business Professional</i> and <i>AWS TCO and Cloud Economics</i>, two free and online course available to all APN Partners. More information is available at <a href="/partners/training/">Partner Training</a>.<br /> </p>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:03:23 +0000marketing:marchitecture/training-and-certificationaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/introducing-swagger-importer-easily-import-swagger-api-definitions-into-amazon-api-gateway/f30e27f4ec9c41352750af265d9aa8cb142072b4Introducing Swagger Importer: easily import Swagger API definitions into Amazon API Gateway<p>You can now import your Swagger API definitions into Amazon API Gateway. The <a href="https://github.com/awslabs/aws-apigateway-swagger-importer">Swagger importer tool</a> allows you to easily create and deploy new APIs as well as update existing ones using Amazon API Gateway.<br /> </p>Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:18:10 +0000general:products/amazon-api-gatewayaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-rds-now-supports-oracle-12-1-0-2-april-psu-patches-improved-cloudhsm-integration/45b2695a3895bd4c5cbcab97ec53684ae56158f7Amazon RDS now supports Oracle 12.1.0.2, April PSU patches, improved CloudHSM integration<p>You can now launch the Oracle 12c database version &quot;12.1.0.2&quot; and take advantage of Oracle 12c and 11g April PSU patches and improved integration with AWS CloudHSM.</p>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:44:40 +0000general:products/amazon-rdsaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-rds-resource-tags-can-now-be-copied-db-snapshots-of-rds-database-instances/ea2b5743b509caf9e095b2ff68fb9758f6e8116dAmazon RDS resource tags can now be copied to DB snapshots of RDS database instances<p> <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Tagging.html" target="_blank">Amazon RDS resource tags</a> allow you to add metadata and apply access policies to your Amazon RDS resources. Starting today, you can allow tags set on your database instances to be automatically copied to any automated or manual database snapshots that are created from your instances. This allows you to easily set metadata, including access policies, on your snapshots to match the parent instance. You may enable this functionality while creating a new instance, or on an existing database instance. You may also choose to disable it at a future date. Once enabled, tags can be copied to all future copies of a snapshot, including cross-region snapshots. <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Tagging.html" target="_blank">Learn more</a> about enabling copying tags to DB snapshots.</p>Sat, 11 Jul 2015 03:37:07 +0000general:products/amazon-rdsaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-dynamodb-available-now-cross-region-replication-triggers-and-streams/ff48bc4a564732ce5f6d4108ec0fe52b97c47609Amazon DynamoDB: Available now – Cross-region Replication, Triggers, and Streams<p> Amazon DynamoDB now supports cross-region replication, a new feature that automatically replicates DynamoDB tables across AWS regions. You can use cross-region replication to build globally distributed applications with lower-latency data access, better traffic management, easier disaster recovery, and easier data migration. There is no additional charge for using the cross-region replication application. You only pay for Amazon DynamoDB resources for the replica tables, reading from Streams, the SQS queue, and the EC2 instance that runs the cross-region application. You can get started today by reading &nbsp;<a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Streams.CrossRegionRepl.html">How to Set Up Cross-Region Replication</a> in the <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Introduction.html">Amazon DynamoDB Developer Guide</a>.<br /> </p>Thu, 16 Jul 2015 18:22:48 +0000general:products/amazon-dynamodbaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/use-amazon-cloudwatch-to-monitor-amazon-workspaces/357a4829ae431cdc0c24bcce116936e61f9b3548Use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor Amazon WorkSpaces<p>You can now use <a href="/cloudwatch/">Amazon CloudWatch</a> to review metrics for your WorkSpaces using the CloudWatch console, retrieve metrics with CloudWatch APIs, and set up CloudWatch alarms.<br /> </p>Tue, 14 Jul 2015 23:27:34 +0000general:products/amazon-cloudwatch,general:products/amazon-workspacesaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-redshift-now-supports-avro-ingestion/563ccd72265e3ea26801d98ec68769857c447c05Amazon Redshift now supports AVRO ingestion<p>We are excited to announce that you can now ingest AVRO files directly into Amazon Redshift. Use the COPY command to ingest data in AVRO format in parallel from Amazon S3, Amazon EMR, and remote hosts (SSH clients). For details, refer to the <a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/r_COPY.html#copy-avro">data ingestion</a> section of the documentation.</p>
<p><a href="/redshift/">Amazon Redshift</a> makes it easy to launch a high-performance, petabyte-scale data warehouse for less than $1000/TB/year. Get started with a <a href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/redshift/home">free 2-month trial</a>.<br /> </p>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:28:20 +0000general:products/amazon-redshiftaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/invoke-aws-lambda-functions-over-https/da71e8ded0b45879b66bbdd9e4232cd8736386fcInvoke AWS Lambda Functions Over HTTPS<p>AWS Lambda is now integrated with Amazon API Gateway allowing you to create custom RESTful APIs that trigger Lambda functions. With API Gateway, you can create and operate APIs for backend services without developing and maintaining infrastructure to handle authorization and access control, traffic management, and monitoring and analytics. Learn more about Amazon API Gateway <a href="/api-gateway/">here</a>.<br /> </p>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:52:47 +0000general:products/aws-lambda,general:products/amazon-api-gatewayaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/amazon-web-services-launches-aws-service-catalog/552207edb073100eaa4e92291c11b8831e88c8ceAmazon Web Services launches AWS Service Catalog <p>AWS Service Catalog allows organizations to create and manage catalogs of IT services that are approved for use on AWS. These IT services can include everything from virtual machine images, servers, software, and databases to complete multi-tier application architectures. AWS Service Catalog allows you to centrally manage commonly deployed IT services, and helps you achieve consistent governance and meet your compliance requirements, while enabling users to quickly deploy only the approved IT services they need. </p>
<p> To learn more about AWS Service Catalog, visit our <a href="/servicecatalog/">website</a>.<br /> </p>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:52:44 +0000general:products/aws-service-catalogaws@amazon.comhttps://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2015/07/aws-codecommit-now-available/cef2e32bca823c72360a9dce546b28e9a69df767AWS CodeCommit Now Available<p>AWS CodeCommit is now available to all customers. AWS CodeCommit is a fully-managed source control service that makes it easy for companies to host secure and highly scalable private Git repositories. CodeCommit eliminates the need to operate your own source control system or worry about scaling its infrastructure. You can use CodeCommit to securely store anything from source code to binaries, and it works seamlessly with your existing Git tools.</p>
<p>Click <a href="/codecommit/getting-started/">here</a> to learn how to get started with AWS CodeCommit. For more information about AWS CodeCommit, please visit our <a href="/codecommit/">product page</a>. <br /> </p>Thu, 09 Jul 2015 16:52:37 +0000general:products/aws-codecommitaws@amazon.com